Strong overnight wind (19.1 GW) leads generation but brown coal and gas fill the gap, with 2.2 GW net imports required.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 20%
60%
Renewable share
19.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.8 GW
Total generation
2.2 GW
Net import
136.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.4°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
54.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
282
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the darkness, lit from below by amber sodium lamps; wind onshore 13.8 GW stretches across the entire background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers spanning rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the night; wind offshore 5.3 GW appears in the far right distance as a line of turbines standing in a dark sea, nacelle lights glowing faintly; natural gas 4.7 GW fills the centre-right as two compact CCGT power blocks with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh white industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.0 GW sits beside the lignite plant as a smaller station with a tall rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts, lit orange; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed plant with a single squat stack and visible fuel storage dome, warm interior light spilling from open bay doors; hydro 1.1 GW is a small concrete dam and powerhouse visible in a valley notch at far left, water faintly catching reflected light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy to black, no twilight, no sky glow — it is 2 AM in August. Partial cloud cover is suggested by patches of stars visible between dark cloud masses. The summer landscape has full green foliage on deciduous trees, rendered in deep shadow tones. A moderate breeze is conveyed through slightly bent grasses and the angled steam plumes. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hinting at elevated electricity prices — a low humid haze clings to the industrial foreground. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, warm industrial light contrasting with cool nocturnal blues, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.